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Table 3 Stress, anxiety and depression in the whole sample and three clusters

From: Stress, anxiety and depression in clinical nurses in Vietnam: a cross-sectional survey and cluster analysis

Mental disorders

Whole sample (n = 600)

Cluster

Overall

Between clustersa

1 (n = 105)

2 (n = 133)

3 (n = 362)

1 to 2

1 to 3

2 to 3

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

χ2

p

p

p

p

Stress

10.5 ± 6.4

19.2 ± 5.9

9.2 ± 5.6

8.4 ± 4.5

  

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.29

 Normal

489

81.5

28

26.7

120

90.2

341

94.2

227.3

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.024

 Mild

54

9.0

29

27.6

7

5.3

18

5.0

 Moderate

42

7.0

33

31.4

6

4.5

3

0.8

 Severe

12

2.0

12

11.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

 Extremely severe

3

0.5

3

2.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

Anxiety

6.7 ± 5.6

13.9 ± 6.9

5.2 ± 4.5

5.1 ± 3.6

  

< 0.01

< 0.01

1.00

 Normal

361

60.2

14

13.3

90

67.7

257

71.0

229.9

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.15

 Mild

80

13.3

8

7.6

17

12.8

55

15.2

 Moderate

117

19.5

47

44.8

22

16.5

48

13.3

 Severe

25

4.2

20

19.0

3

2.3

2

0.6

 Extremely severe

17

2.8

16

15.2

1

0.8

0

0.0

Depression

4.5 ± 4.8

11.4 ± 5.4

3.7 ± 3.8

2.7 ± 2.7

  

< 0.01

< 0.01

1.00

 Normal

521

86.8

40

38.1

125

94.0

356

98.3

269.2

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

 Mild

52

8.7

41

39.0

5

3.8

6

1.7

 Moderate

18

3.0

15

14.3

3

2.3

0

0.0

 Severe

8

1.3

8

7.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

 Extremely severe

1

0.2

1

1.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Number of disorders

 Not any

328

54.7

0

0

84

63.2

244

67.4

365.6

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.02

 1 disorder

159

26.5

18

17.1

37

27.8

104

28.8

 2 disorders

69

11.5

46

43.8

9

6.8

14

3.8

 All 3 disorders

44

7.3

41

39.1

3

2.2

0

0

  1. ap from Chi square test for percentage comparison and Post-hoc ANOVA for mean comparison (two tailed)
  2. Italics: < 0.01, bolditalic: < 0.05